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Which are you into more? Tactical stealth action involving genetic manipulation, global conspiracies, and Cold War-era paranoia? Or the virtual end of the world as a rampaging, ancient alien enemy bent on galactic conquest sets their sights on Earth? Well, guess what? You can try out the demos for Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater 3DS and Mass Effect 3 today.

More about both demos after the break.
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Tags 3DS, bioware, ea, kojima productions, konami, mass effect 3, Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater 3DS, PC, PS3, Xbox 360

Get a look at new toys from the upcoming Transformers: The Fall of Cybertron game, shots of McFarlane Toys' Halo 4 figures, while Prototype 2 and Dragon Age: Origins tie-ins kick off Dark Horse's digital exclusives program.
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Tags 343 industries, activision, android, bioware, Dark Horse Comics, Dragon Age: Origins, halo 4, hasbro, high moon studios, iOS, microsoft, Non-Gaming Game News, radical entertainment, Toy Fair 2012, Transformers: The Fall of Cybertron

Forgive the rough (and possibly inaccurate Latin), but this week, the Vita launch begins as some gamers get their hands on the first wave of the limited edition console. Big name franchises like Lumines and Uncharted mark Sony's new system's debut, while on the home console and PC front, Alan Wake is finally on your personal computers, UFC 3 brings the pain, and Twisted Metal returns.

Check out some of this week's major releases after the break.
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Tags Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational, Lumines: Electronic Symphony, PC, PS Vita, PS3, rayman origins, Rhythm Heaven Fever, Twisted Metal, UFC 3, ultimate marvel vs. capcom 3, uncharted: golden abyss, Xbox 360

So in what will either be a brilliant piece of self-promotion and gamer outreach or a beautiful disaster, last night Double Fine launched a Kickstarter campaign to produce an old-school point and click adventure game, led by Tim Schafer, the first for him in 14 years. This comes days after Minecraft creator Markus Persson offered to fund a sequel to Psychonauts out of his own pocket.

With a goal of $400,000 set at the beginning of the campaign, Double Fine has already exceeded that goal by half, at $600k as of the writing of this post. And the campaign still has 33 days to go.

So why are they doing this? What's it all about? How might it end up being a tremendous disaster (I don't think it will be)?
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Tags double fine productions, Kickstarter, tim schafer

Catch up with The Darkness if you're playing the game (or even if you're not) and our friends at Merge Games (The Binding of Isaac) want to give you something.
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Tags 2k games, Image Comics, Marc Silvestri, Non-Gaming Game News, the binding of isaac, The Darkness II

Today, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts announced their list of nominees for 2011's game of the year, and it looks pretty close to most other GOTY lists you've seen up until now. Arkahm City, Modern Warfare 3, and Portal 2 top the list which has a slightly European twist with the nomination for FIFA 12. I wanted to comment on the lack of smaller, downloadable titles like Bastion, but Minecraft—although it's pretty much an institution—more or less fits that bill.

You can see the nominees after the break.
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Tags BAFTA, batman: arkham city, battlefield 3, call of duty modern warfare 3, fifa 12, la noire, legend of zelda: skyward sword, minecraft, portal 2, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, uncharted 3: drake's deception

The Simpsons Arcade comes to consoles 20 years after the fact, while the much-anticipated (by yours truly, at least) Gotham City Impostors and Shank 2 make their debut. Oh, and Kingdoms of Amalur might just be the best open world game that doesn't have Elder Scrolls in the title.
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Tags 38 studios, 3DS / DS, big huge games, capcom, gotham city impostors, kingdoms of amalur the reckoning, konami, monolith productions, PC, PS3, PSN, resident evil: revelations, Shank 2, The Simpsons Arcade, wb interactive, Wii, xbla, Xbox 360

A recent study by the New York-based Institute for Special Populations Research conducted through self-reporting among 3380 participants found that in around 5% of those interviewed, the respondents reported "moderate to extreme problem game playing." Keep in mind, this represents 1/20th of the population, and the results are again, based on self-reported results which could skew in either direction, but it's more ammunition for the argument that there is a persistent problem with gaming addiction.
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Tags 3DS / DS, PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360

Based on this new trailer from Atlus, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 won't be straying too far from the design of the 2009 release. In terms of plot, it doesn't seem very far from the usual-usual with SMT games, featuring a ticking clock until the end of the world and a group of young people making deals with demons to stave off the apocalypse.

More details about this release and the trailer after the break.
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Tags 3DS / DS, atlus, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2

Last week, the New York Videogame Critics Circle announced 2011 slate of winners, crowning Bastion with two awards (one for music, one for Best Indie), while showing some love for Sony's "Michael" ad campaign (you know, the one where Kratos, Snake, and a bunch of other game heroes go to a bar). You can find the full lineup of winners after the jump.
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Tags 2011 NY Videogame Critics Circle Awards, 3DS / DS, bastion, crysis 2, PC, portal 2, PS3, saints row: the third, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Wii, Xbox 360